Fixing Oklahoma's Education System

In the state the lower class Texan is currently at right now, the state of Texas provides minimal funding to schools in low income areas. Texas currently spends an average of $8,998 per student; the national average for education is $11,674 ranking Texas 46th in educational spending among the 50 states and the District of Columbia (Stutz, 2014). However, despite the continuous debates on television and radio, the topic of funding education in Texas has been a problem since 1973 with little to no improvements as prior to the legislative session of 2013, Texas ranked 49th in educational spending among the states (Stutz, 2014). Furthermore, despite what ex-governor Rick Perry might state, Texas’ education is not a “…national leader in education reform and student achievement.” (Perry, 2011) It is a real problem the American people need to address.

rural areas, is in need of financial support that not only fund schools but can pay professionals who care about teaching. America can spend money to do a public education reform that paves the way for a better education for students. Paying for better teachers with higher requirements, than what’s currently accepted and paying for the safety of schools guarantee the United States a bright future. High expectations backed with a large fund work and retain high quality teachers can make a big difference. Not only are there too many of the students

The Texas Constitution guarantees an "efficient system of public free schools," but schools have recently found themselves unable to provide an adequate education to the more than 5 million students in Texas because of the many problems within the education policy in the state. Such issues involve school financing, lack of preparation for college, early childhood education, teacher quality, and school choice. Tough all of these conflicts pose a potential threat to the school system’s competence and effectiveness as well as to Texas’ economy, there are a broad number of possible adjustment and reforms that could be placed to improve the adequacy of Texas’ school system.

Texas faces many problems with the current educational system and many of them continue to go unresolved due to the way Texas has established certain laws. A decline in education has been seen since 2006 when legislators decided to cut property tax which pays for education (Maule). Those policies only further hinder the progress of education improving, which is why policies like those do not need to be further implemented. More involvement with students is needed and that will be acquired by having more effective teachers. Many studies have shown that students with effective teachers do better in class than those with ineffective teachers. Not only do students do poorly with ineffective teachers, but “[s]tudies show that most students drop out due to poor academic performance. And studies have proven that the teacher in the

The National Conference of State Legislatures said, “School budget crunches have been a trend over the past couple years and span the entire nation” (qtd. in Van

If the current system not the administration calculates that the annually will increase as a chance to reinforce the district where it needs the assistance. While increased funding not necessarily equate to improvements in student performance, it’s funding and where it is clearly needs to be addressed. Ambitious effort to lift student achievement and, fundamentally, to undermine the idea of public

It is not an exaggeration to say the state’s educational system remains broken. TIME Magazine dubbed Arkansas the long time “Dogpatch of the nation’s school system” However, this crisis in education extended from coast to coast. In pushing for higher standards, Mrs. Clinton stated, “Our schools are not doing as good as they must. While there may be many causes for our dilemma, there is only one solution. We Arkansans have to quit making excuses and accept instead the challenge of excellence once and for all.” (ED Reform,2016)

It has been stated that Texas has been encountering many issues leaving questions about their future in education. A high degree of students are not completing high school therefore, leaving Texas with an unskilled workforce for the upcoming years. Texas is being left with a vast group of individuals that lack the necessary education and skills needed to earn a living, and subsequently requiring assistance from the government later on. Now, it is not to say that all the fault is due to the lack of student cooperation but also the school board, and teachers themselves.

Through the years, education has been an immense portion of the expenses and importance in Texas. Education comes from school; therefore, the public should have access to a substantial quality of education. The schools are also substantial businesses in Texas, which is what the state represents. Texas’ school districts receive mixed funds for the students’ education. It consists of state, local, and federal funds. However, the majority of the funds for schools come from local property tax. This is taken from the Texas education code, which state how the schools will be funded, curriculum requirements, and etc. It may seem like schools allocate a fair sum of money for its students; however, there are many conflicts related to the inflation of requirements needed for education. The major issues consist of expenditure per student, intradistrict funding policies, high percentage of

The continuous budget updates and budget cuts that the state of Texas continues doing it has created that the Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD (2014) has declare state of exigency in order to continue managing the district. Throughout the district many cuts had being made by the district affecting from personnel, resources, and teacher allotments to mention some. In L.A. Gililland Elementary School (2014) the administrator has to manage her allotment budget to serve the high volume of low socioeconomic students and a high demographics of Bilingual students and get created and look for other resources that will assist teachers with the current teacher allotment and to supply resources for the school.

In Texas when it comes to education spending there is a thing called per pupil funding. Per pupil funding is an average amount of money each pupil is funded. Little do we know,that Texas’s per pupil funding is decreasing. School findings are a major hindrance to the students in Texas schools. There is so much absence of support from the Texas School Board of Education when it comes to school funding.With that being said ,it is not astounding that Texas falls at or close to the base in various vital school measures. Texas positions among the most minimal in joined SAT scores ,47th out of the 50 states ,and is in the quarter broadly in perusing capability. As of

Arizona has failed to provide proper funding for education. This in turn has led to schools not having the proper tools necessary to help their students succeed. In fact, evidence shows that “Despite nearly 20 years of lawsuits that forced the state to provide more-equitable funding for poorer school district. the gap between "have" and "have not" districts is growing again” (Bob Ortega). Fortunately, there are solutions that can help with the Arizona Education Funding crisis.

Education is an issue that touches everyone’s lives in one way or another. Whether you are a parent, student, teacher, taxpayer, or employee, the effects of education on society can be seen everyday. For this reason, public schools are a top concern among political leaders. Over the past twenty-five years, confidence in the nation’s public school system has dramatically declined. While the public for the most part seems to support their school district, criticism is not lacking. Recent years especially have shown dissipating support. It appears that the prevailing view is that public education, as a whole, is in bad condition and is in need of a renewed effort to fix it. Private schools seem to fare

In today’s economic environment even the wealthiest states and districts are having to cut funding for education, while districts which were already teetering on the edge are now in an even worse position. In some schools children have to face not having enough books, paper for copies, severe overcrowding,

Without seasoned teachers and administrators, the very fabric of the education system will grow weak. This issue will undoubtable affect the performance of every student in a public-school system in Kentucky. These students will be future educators, taxpayers, and lawmakers. This deficit is not going to go away without change and funding. However, the proposed legislation is not the answer. This issue must be resolved through bi-partisan efforts through state wide tax increases by restricting state employees from receiving dual retirement and insuring the current benefits of seasoned educators. The residents of Kentucky and the legislative body owe prompt attention to this matter on behalf of every student enrolled in a Kentucky public school.